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28°

SOUTH AFRICA KWAZULU- NATAL
30°

32° EASTERN
CAPE
ATLANTIC WESTERN
34° OCEAN CAPE

Cape Agulhas
36° INDIAN OCEAN

16° 18° 20° 22° 24° 26° 28° 29° 30°
33° A view of Brenton Island from St
Croix Island in 2006 (photo RJM
Greater Addo Elephant Crawford)
National Park

Woody Cape
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. Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha)
34°

24° 25° 26° 27° 28° 29°

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St Croix Is.
Brenton Is.
Jahleel Is. Seal Is. Stag Is.
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Black Rocks Bird Is.
Algoa Bay

Cape Recife

30ʹ 45ʹ 26° 15ʹ
Figure 1. The locations of the six islands in Algoa Bay where seabirds breed. Black Rocks are also shown

Sources of information for species and numbers breed- Crested Tern (Cooper et al. 1990, Crawford 2009), Cas-
ing: The estimates of numbers of seabirds breeding at the pian Tern (Cooper et al. 1992, Crawford et al. 2009) and
six islands were from the following sources: African Pen- Roseate Tern (Randall and Randall 1980, Crawford et al.
guin (Shelton et al. 1984, Crawford et al. 1995, 2011, 2013a, 2009, Tree et al. 2019). These observations were updated
Sherley et al. 2020); Cape Gannet (Crawford et al. 1983, by unpublished records of South Africa’s Department of
2007a, Sherley et al. 2019); Cape Cormorant (Cooper et
al. 1982, Crawford et al. 2007b, 2016); White-breasted Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE). For
Cormorant (Brooke et al. 1982, Crawford et al. 2013b); Kelp Roseate Tern, mid-points of ranges or minimum estimates
Gull (Crawford et al. 1982, Whittington et al. 2016); Greater given in Randall and Randall (1980) were used.

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